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November 5, 2004
| A community remembers Bobby Tang |
July 19, 1987 to Oct. 23, 2004
By Bea Baechle
Editor
The Silver Creek High School community, aching to remember 17-year-old Bobby Tang as he had lived—not as he died—has temporarily transformed a section of Evergreen’s Dove Hill Park into a memorial shrine.
The memorial, laden with roses, stuffed animals, photos, remembrances, notes of love and peace and the treats he enjoyed—sodas, peanuts, cookies, Little Caesar’s pizza, Lee’s sandwiches—indicate that this teenager was definitely in the wrong place, at the wrong time. Carved in the tree at the center of the memorial is “R.I.P. Bobby Tang.”
You can walk by at almost any time of the day or the night, and Read
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| 2004 Election Roundup
By Bea Baechle
Editor
Almost half a million people in Santa Clara County, more than 50 percent of registered voters here, executed their right to vote on Nov. 2 in what many called the most important election in recent history. Despite long lines and sometimes long waits, resilient voters withstood the hassles, anxious to cast their ballots for their favorite candidates and initiatives.
Since Evergreen’s District 8 Councilmember Dave Cortese ran unopposed for his second term, the race ended in victory at the primary election last spring. Thus fervent letters to the editor locally focused more on the race for the presidency, ultimately won by President George W. Bush. Read
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